Donald Trump 'planning shock nuclear retreat' to end conflict with Iran

Donald Trump 'planning shock nuclear retreat' to end conflict with IranIran could be allowed to resume uranium enrichment in a decade in a new deal that is being weighed up by Donald Trump in a bid to reach a compromise in the Middle East crisisCommentsNewsTim Hanlon News Reporter14:32, 20 Apr 2026Updated 14:54, 20 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesDonald Trump may be considering a deal to allow Iran to continue nuclear enrichment in 10 years(Image: Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock)Donald Trump is reported to be weighing up an option allowing Iran to resume uranium enrichment in a decade.‌The US president has offered shifting reasons for the war in Iran but has consistently said a primary objective is ensuring the country will “never have a nuclear weapon”.‌Iran has 440.9kg of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog agency.‌View 2 ImagesThe Fordo underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran before US airstrikes last year(Image: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)READ MORE: Iran war live: Oil costs SURGE as ceasefire ‘on tenterhooks’ with UK fuel prices risingREAD MORE: Fears Iran war will explode again as defiant Tehran shuns peace talks despite Trump's threatsThe current stockpile could allow Iran to build as many as 10 nuclear bombs, should it decide to weaponize its programme, has said IAEA Director General Rafael Gross.And now a new proposal being considered by Trump, would allegedly see Iran suspend uranium enrichment for the coming years before permitting the regime to produce some low-enriched uranium for the next decade, reported the New York Times.‌Trump is alleged to have pushed for a 20-year suspension because he feared anything less would make his deal look too similar to the 2015 nuclear agreement he ultimately scrapped. The nuclear deal signed by Barack Obama prevented Iran from enriching uranium abov...